Post by vonFrenchie on Apr 6, 2013 23:28:34 GMT -5
Hey everyone,
I need (seriously need) a box for my pedals. I don't use a "ton," (by ton I mean a "this guy should just buy a rack unit" amount) of pedals but those that I use usually are tangled up in wires. I will be buying a new amp and two more pedals soon. A Blackstar HT50, TC Elec. Hall of Fame and Ditto. That will put me around 10 pedals (depends if I get a second EQ and noise suppressor considering all the distortion that will be going on).
Now, I SHOULD buy one of those 150 dollar pedal boards and just use it until it breaks and send it in for a warranty replacement. But since I am here, you guys all know I wont be doing what I should be doing. Instead I am going to modify (as I don't have access to a metal and wood shop anymore) a box for pedal usage. Probably this guy: www.homedepot.com/p/t/203498134?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051&N=5yc1vZc22a&R=203498134#.UWDwuVeRc98
Now I have a few design concerns. My plan was to place the pedals on stiff foam and route out areas in the foam for the battery plugs to travel (keeping them out of the way of the controls). I also wanted to add an input jack, two send and two return jacks (as I will have two effects loops) and two output jacks (as I will have two amps). My main concern is grounding. Since I will have a ton of electricity at my finger tips (with the two amps and ten pedals) I don't want to a) get electrocuted, b) damage any equipment, and c) have any excess noise (I'm the only one that gets to make noise here, dammit!)
If I added the 5 input/output jacks to the board would there be any major grounding issue? The only place I can think of it occurring is between the effects loops and the pedal loop. I don't want any tonal leaking between the two amps. I am not sure how that would occur if only the grounds were connected, but I have seen some mighty weird stuff in my life so I'm not going to rule it out as a potential problem.
So I have three plans. Plan A) 3 plastic boxes glued to the sides of the tool box. These plastic boxes will house the input, output, send, and return jacks and the equivalent for inside the board (each box would have a corresponding jack for both the outside world and the pedals themselves). This way I can plug my board in without having to mess around with the pedal placement by moving pedals to plug stuff in. I would like the pedals to all be secured (velcro will do well) and so constantly needing to move the pedals is out of the question.
Plan B) Same as before but without the send and return jacks
Plan C) Drilling holes in the side of the box to keep cables out of the way.
So, now that I have written a book on the subject. Can I carry out my first plan? Will there be any noise/damage/shock risk?
Edit: I am working on a Keeley 4 Knob Compressor Clone so it'll be two amps and eleven+ pedals.
I need (seriously need) a box for my pedals. I don't use a "ton," (by ton I mean a "this guy should just buy a rack unit" amount) of pedals but those that I use usually are tangled up in wires. I will be buying a new amp and two more pedals soon. A Blackstar HT50, TC Elec. Hall of Fame and Ditto. That will put me around 10 pedals (depends if I get a second EQ and noise suppressor considering all the distortion that will be going on).
Now, I SHOULD buy one of those 150 dollar pedal boards and just use it until it breaks and send it in for a warranty replacement. But since I am here, you guys all know I wont be doing what I should be doing. Instead I am going to modify (as I don't have access to a metal and wood shop anymore) a box for pedal usage. Probably this guy: www.homedepot.com/p/t/203498134?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051&N=5yc1vZc22a&R=203498134#.UWDwuVeRc98
Now I have a few design concerns. My plan was to place the pedals on stiff foam and route out areas in the foam for the battery plugs to travel (keeping them out of the way of the controls). I also wanted to add an input jack, two send and two return jacks (as I will have two effects loops) and two output jacks (as I will have two amps). My main concern is grounding. Since I will have a ton of electricity at my finger tips (with the two amps and ten pedals) I don't want to a) get electrocuted, b) damage any equipment, and c) have any excess noise (I'm the only one that gets to make noise here, dammit!)
If I added the 5 input/output jacks to the board would there be any major grounding issue? The only place I can think of it occurring is between the effects loops and the pedal loop. I don't want any tonal leaking between the two amps. I am not sure how that would occur if only the grounds were connected, but I have seen some mighty weird stuff in my life so I'm not going to rule it out as a potential problem.
So I have three plans. Plan A) 3 plastic boxes glued to the sides of the tool box. These plastic boxes will house the input, output, send, and return jacks and the equivalent for inside the board (each box would have a corresponding jack for both the outside world and the pedals themselves). This way I can plug my board in without having to mess around with the pedal placement by moving pedals to plug stuff in. I would like the pedals to all be secured (velcro will do well) and so constantly needing to move the pedals is out of the question.
Plan B) Same as before but without the send and return jacks
Plan C) Drilling holes in the side of the box to keep cables out of the way.
So, now that I have written a book on the subject. Can I carry out my first plan? Will there be any noise/damage/shock risk?
Edit: I am working on a Keeley 4 Knob Compressor Clone so it'll be two amps and eleven+ pedals.